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02/14/2008: "I Guess They Liked Ty's Bedroom"

With all the bad news there seems to be these days, it's nice to report on something that's, well, nice. We talked earlier about the efforts of the TV show Extreme Makeover - Home Edition to build an ADA-compliant home for fallen LAPD officer Kristina Ripattti. That was a great moment, but is easily topped by the news today and Kristina and her husband, LAPD officer Tim Pierce, are the proud parents of a new baby boy. Lucas Braeden Pierce, weighing in at 5 pounds 18 ounces and 19 inches in length, was born yesterday afternoon at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance. The whole family is resting peacefully.

The baby had fine hands for a future police officer, they agreed, or perhaps a football player.

"Now I can say it," she said, softly. "I wanted a boy."

Pearce stood proudly at her side, beaming as he looked down at his newborn son. He leaned down and kissed her forehead, then stepped aside to let the nurses go back to work.

"I could see it in her eyes," he said. "This made her whole again.

When she had this baby, she took back her life."

Man, I love a happy ending ... or beginning ...